Digital Egypt named Digital@UNGA finalist
Egypt’s Digital Egypt platform has been selected as a finalist for the Digital@UNGA Awards, out of more than 1,500…
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Egypt eyes hyperscale data centre, AI zone
Egypt is exploring the establishment of an integrated hyperscale data centre and artificial intelligence (AI) zone…
Egypt, Cisco sign AI cooperation agreement
Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (CIT) and Cisco Systems signed a letter of intent to…
Egypt reviews digital transformation plan to protect public funds, improve state…
Egypt's Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly chaired a meeting on Sunday to review progress on implementing President…
Egypt reviews plans to expand 5G, AI, cloud infrastructure
Egypt reviewed plans on Sunday to expand fifth-generation (5G) mobile services, fibre optic networks, artificial…
Egypt signs UN convention on countering cybercrime
Egypt signed the United Nations Convention against Cybercrime on Saturday during a conference in Hanoi, becoming…
Egypt approves protocol to boost electronics industry under ‘Egypt Makes Electronics’
Egypt’s Cabinet approved on Wednesday a cooperation protocol between the ministry of communications and the…
Egypt’s PM reviews progress on digital linkage of social insurance, traffic systems
Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly reviewed Tuesday progress on a project to link the National Social…
Egypt adopts Open Data Policy to boost transparency, digital economy
Egypt’s National Artificial Intelligence Council has officially adopted the country’s first comprehensive Open Data…
Egypt unveils ME’s 1st AI breast cancer detection system
Egypt launched its first fully developed artificial intelligence system for early breast cancer detection at Baheya…
Egypt completes furnishing 332 service complexes under Haya Karima
Egypt’s Ministry of Local Development has completed furnishing 332 government service complexes across 20…
Egypt’s NTI inks 2 deals to enhance digital infrastructure, skills in Aswan
Egypt’s National Telecommunication Institute (NTI) signed two cooperation protocols with Aswan Governorate and…
Egypt launches AI-powered remote litigation system
Egypt’s Minister of Communications and Information Technology, Amr Talaat, and Minister of Justice, Adnan…
Egypt showcases trade, e-commerce expertise to Jordanian delegation in study tour
Egypt’s Ministry of Investment and Foreign Trade organised a study tour for representatives of Jordanian government…
President Sisi prioritises telecom expansion, AI strategy for economic growth
President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi has directed intensified efforts to improve telecommunications coverage and internet…
Egypt adopts AI for economic data analysis – GAFI’s CEO
Egypt's General Authority for Investment and Free Zones (GAFI) is currently collaborating with the Ministry of…
Huawei to establish development centre in Egypt
Huawei Egypt announced an expansion of its operations, including the launch of a new development center, marking a…
Egypt inaugurates first drive-thru post office
Egypt inaugurated its first ever drive-thru post office in Nasr city on Monday, said Minister of Communications and…
Egypt’s internet users rise by 1.4mln in May
The number of Internet users in Egypt rose by around 1.4 million in May, said Ministry of Communications and…
Egypt’s Tourism Ministry to launch its first official website
Egyptian Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Khaled El-Anany reviewed on Sunday the final version of the official…
Sisi witnesses the launch of Egypt Digital Platform, International Data Centre in Cairo
President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi inaugurated on Wednesday a number of Digital Egypt projects affiliated to the…
UN, Egypt sign MoU to launch UN African Technology Innovation Lab
Egypt’s Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCIT) and the United Nations (UN) signed a…
Indonesia threatens to block WhatsApp over inappropriate content
Indonesian authorities said that they would block access to the popular WhatsApp instant messaging app if it…
Mobile, ADSL subscribers increase, mobile internet users fall in Q3 of 2016
A report by the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology showed that the number of mobile users…
MCIT counts on local manufacturing to increase electronic exports to $3bn
Local electronics manufacturing is one of the main axes of the Ministry of Communications and Information…
MCIT re-launches Egypt tourism portal after update
Egypt’s Ministry of communications and Information Technology has developed an updated version of Egypt Tourism…
Slight growth in mobile, internet subscribers with 700,000 new customers
The number of mobile services subscribers rose 0.16% during May as compared to April, according to a report issued…
Slight growth of 1.3% in mobile users in Egypt during Q1-16
The number of mobile users increased throughout the first quarter of 2016, compared to the fourth quarter of 2015,…
Egypt launches multi-lingual online portal in support of tourism
The Ministry of Tourism, in cooperation with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, launched on…
Raya planning investments in two Egyptian technology parks
Egyptian information technology firm, Raya Holding (RAYA.CA) is planning to invest in the country’s technological…
MCIT hands Cabinet new legislation to be presented to Egypt’s Parliament
Minister of Communications Yasser Al-Qadi said the ministry has prepared a package of laws and regulations for the…
Telecom Egypt’s board may reshuffle in two months – sources
Egyptian government is likely to name a new board of state-run landline monopoly Telecom Egypt, in the coming two…
Egypt aims for $2 billion IT exports by late 2018
Egypt aims to increase its information technology exports to 16 billion Egyptian pounds (US$2 billion) by the end…
Cisco, Microsoft and Mentor Graphics eye higher investments in Egypt – Minister
Worldwide leaders in IT and electronics, Cisco, Microsoft, and Mentor Graphics expressed readiness to boost volume…
ICT Minister receives USEBC, US Chamber Chairmen
The Minister of Communications and Information Technology Khaled Negm has received Sunday the Chairman of US-Egypt…
Telecom Egypt Back To Square One
Many years were wasted in negotiations between the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology and mobile…
Egypt’s PM appoints New ICT Infrastructure Director
Egypt’s Prime Minister Ibrahim Mahleb issued a decree to assign Khaled El Attar as an ICT Infrastructure Director…
Egypt joins Arab’s 37th ICT Ministers in Lebanon today
Egyptian Ministry of Communications and Information Technology will participate today in the 37th round of the…
SFD Finances 4,590 IT Projects With EGP 85 Mln
The Social Fund for Development (SFD) has financed about 4590 projects totally or partly based on modern…
Launching Global License For Mobile Operators In 2012 Is Difficult
Amr Badawi, CEO of National Telecommunication Regulatory Authority, said that launching the global comprehensive…